Fugging hell: tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Fugging hell: tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name

Agence France-Presse
Thu 26 Nov 2020 20.23 GMT

Residents of an Austrian village will ring in the new year under a new name – Fugging – after ridicule of their signposts, especially on social media, became too much to bear.

They finally grew weary of Fucking, its current name, which some experts say dates back to the 11th century.

Minutes from a municipal council meeting published on Thursday showed that the village of about 100 people, 350km (215 miles) west of Vienna, will be named Fugging from 1 January 2021.

Increasing numbers of English-speaking tourists have made a point of stopping in to snap pictures of themselves by the signpost at the entrance to the village, sometimes striking lascivious poses for social media.

Some have reportedly even stolen the signposts, leading the local authorities to use theft-resistant concrete when putting up replacements.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/fugging-hell-tired-of-mockery-austrian-village-changes-name

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From Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria

[MyOwnPeace]

1. WHAT THE F... were they thinking anyhow?

What did they expect?

[PoliticAverse]

2. I think maybe they should have put in more effort to come up with a new name. n/t

[RussellCattle]

3. I know that I'm not in their shoes, but it seems that this is about 100 Austrians who have.....

....an inadequate sense of humor.

[brush]

4. What took them so long? And the new name isn't much better.